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Cover Reveal: Rifted

I am so happy to share Sutton Shield's new cover for her fin-tabulous The Merworld Water War Series. This is one of my favorite YA paranormal series ever and earned a well-deserved 5 conch rating for the first two books in the series. Here are my reviews of FINNED and OVERFALLS and I highly recommend checking these books out!

In honor of the cover reveal for RIFTED, book three, I had an opportunity to interview some of my favorite characters. Read the interview and you'll know why I love this series so much. Such great characters and dialogue - there is certainly never a dull moment! So here we go with the RIFTED Cover Reveal &
Multi-Character Interview!

A note from Sutton

Wave Three of The Merworld
Water Wars series, RIFTED, is just a fin flip away! To welcome the return of
Marina, Troy, and the rest of the Mer-Nor gang, I thought it might be fun to
crawl out of my shell and share the cover, hook, and summary with some
wonderful book bloggers & authors I’ve had the great pleasure of getting to
know.

So, here we go! First up,
the cover for RIFTED!

The Blurb

Someone wicked walks among
them.

Heartbreak usually requires
time to heal. For Marina Valentine, however, time has other plans: like
sticking her with a shiny, stubborn accessory, sending her on a surprising date
with someone other than Troy Tombolo, and introducing her lips to kisses that
could save or destroy everything and everyone.

Marina and the rest of the
Mer-Nor gang must find a way to push through the grief caused by The Dealer,
for their next mission will take them on a dangerous, scandal-filled journey
that may very well be the most significant to date: hunt down the evidence they
need to prove once and for all that the tyrannical King Zale breached the water
pact.

But with the shocking
identity of The Dealer and overwhelming guilt weighing heavily on her, Marina
struggles with frightening emotional urges and begins to question whether she
is truly strong enough to succeed as the all-important Siren Savior.

Marina is in more danger
than ever before—even inside the familiar study with her trusted
friends—because unbeknownst to her, someone has been lurking about, waiting for
the chance to undo everything the Mer-Nor gang has achieved…and with the Siren
Savior’s doubt growing, that person’s chance has finally arrived.

Character Interview:

I’m very happy to have
Marina, Troy, Jex, Polly, and Gully from the Mer-Nor gang here for a quick-fire
interview. This could get interesting, folks.

Welcome, guys!

Marina: “Thanks for having us,
Amber!”

Troy: “Happy to be here.”

Polly, drumming her fingers
on her knee: “I
dislike the seating arrangement. Did you have to slap me between the feathered
rogue and…and this? (Polly pointed at Gully, who is too busy humming and
studying the light fixtures to notice the interview has started)

Jex, folding his arms: “This interview was
supposed to be just you and me, love.”

Polly, grinning: “Must be a dreadful shot to
that unholy ego of yours that Amber asked us to participate.”

Troy, chuckling: “Bet you lost some
feathers when you found out you weren’t the sole star of this interview.”

Jex: “Shove a hook in it, fish
prince.”

Honestly, when someone else
decided to interview you, Jex, I just thought it might be nice shake things up.

Jex, leaning forward: “Aw, well, if you had
told me it was shaking up ya wanted…” (Jex gently flaps his gray wings)

Polly, narrowing her eyes
on Jex: “Maybe
we should just start the quick-fire interview, Amber…emphasis on the ‘quick’.”

Jex: “I don’t do quick…unless
asked, that is.”

Marina, glaring at Jex: “Really?”

Right, okay. Polly, does
Christmas really taste like candy canes as it comes back up?

Jex, smirking: “You mentioned Christmas
and candy canes in the same breath. Now you’ve done it. If an ornament comes
up, duck down.”

Polly, suppressing a belch
as one eye turns inky-black: “You want to know if the iconic holiday candy canes and merry
little ornaments taste like sweet, peppermint-y goodness when my demon bits
barf them up? That’s your question? Well, perhaps it would to someone not
harboring anti-holiday demon bits, but to me, it all tastes like wads of
burning bile.”

Oh. Sorry about that, Polly.

Polly, shrugging: “At least I can fling the
ornaments at the heads of deserving people………Jex.”

Jex, you’re up. You've
spent a lot of time working with them, but what do you really think of the
Normals?

Marina, placing her hands
on her hips, smirking: “Yeah, what do you think of us?”

Jex, grinning slyly: “Think you’re a bunch of
nut jobs—loyal, freakishly talented nut jobs. Just so happens I tend to like
wacky.”

Marina: “Good answer. We really
are a bit nutty.”

Polly: “Speak for yourself.”

Marina, do you miss your
cards?

Marina, throwing her head
back: “Oh
Dear God, YES! If I had my cards, I’d be able to read at least some of what the
future holds. That would be so totally useful right about now, you know, with
King Crazy and his crazy-ass-merqueen breathing down our necks.”

I can imagine. So, Troy
Tombolo, after all you’ve seen…if you could be a Normal, would you?

Jex: “And abandon his position
as the wee 'lil fish prince? Unlikely.”

Troy, running a hand
through his hair: “Whoa.
You just had to nail me with a question-bomb like that, didn’t you?”

It’s my job as an
interviewer, I’m afraid.

Troy, glancing sideways at
a very amused Marina: “I’d be a Normal…if I could be exactly like these guys.”

Polly: “That’s not a very
politically correct answer for the merps. King Tombolo will be so perturbed
with you.”

Jex: “Yeah, but it’s a very
girlfriend-correct response. Am I right, mate?”

Troy, a small smile curling
one side of his mouth: “Maybe a little, yeah. But it’s also the truth.”

Marina, sighing: “I don’t care what
‘correct’ label the answer falls under. It was a damn good one.”

Polly: “I recognize that look.
We’ll have to be going now, Amber. Marina needs some Troy-time.”